The Courage Consort by Michel Faber is a collection of novellas and short stories that delve into the lives of various characters in unique and intriguing settings. From a group of vocalists striving to master a complex piece of music in an isolated country house to a woman deciphering ancient papers while unraveling a murder mystery, each story presents a different narrative with elements of mystery, fantasy, and human connection. The writing style is described as beautifully constructed, haunting, and filled with unexpected twists that keep the reader engaged until the last page.
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With his elegant prose, distinctive imagination, and deep empathy, the bestselling author of The Crimson Petal and the White once again dazzles us in three novellas. "The Courage Consort" tells of an a capella vocal ensemble sequestered in a Belgian chateau to rehearse a monstrously complicated new piece. But competing artistic temperaments and sexual needs create as much discordance as the avant garde music. In "The Hundred and Ninety-Nine Steps," a lonely woman joins an archaeological dig at Whitby Abbey and unearths a mystery involving a long-hidden murder. In "The Fahrenheit Twins," strange children, identical in all but gender and left alone at the icy zenith of the world by their anthropologist parents, create their own ritual civilization.
In each of these novellas, Michel Faber creates a unique, self-contained world, where the perennial human drama plays out in all its passion and ambiguity.
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